Medical Assistants perform routine tasks and procedures such as measuring patients’ vital signs, administering medications and injections, recording information in medical records-keeping systems, preparing and handling medical instruments and supplies, and collecting and preparing specimens of bodily fluids and tissues for laboratory testing. Medical Assistants find employment in ambulatory care centers, urgent care facilities, clinics, private & public hospitals as well as inpatient and outpatient facilities. 

 

Medical assistants perform administrative duties which include:

 

 

·  Taking medical histories 

·   Recording vital signs 

·  Explaining treatment procedures to patients 

·  Preparing patients for examination 

·  Assisting during diagnostic examinations 

·  Collect & prepare laboratory specimens 

·  Perform basic laboratory tests 

·  Dispose of contaminated supplies 

·  Sterilize medical instruments 

·  Instruct patients about medications and special diets 

·  Prepare & administer medications as directed 

·  Authorize drug refills as directed 

·  Telephone prescriptions to a pharmacy 

·  Draw blood 

·  Prepare patients for x-rays 

·  Take electrocardiograms 

·  Remove sutures 

·  Change dressings